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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.top_of_page"></a>Character Set Conversion</span></h2>
<p>Character Set Conversion — convert strings between different character sets</p>
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<a name="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<col width="150px" class="functions_return">
<col class="functions_name">
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
</td>
<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()">g_convert</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
</td>
<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert-with-fallback" title="g_convert_with_fallback ()">g_convert_with_fallback</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
</td>
<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert-with-iconv" title="g_convert_with_iconv ()">g_convert_with_iconv</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GIConv" title="GIConv"><span class="returnvalue">GIConv</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv-open" title="g_iconv_open ()">g_iconv_open</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="returnvalue">gsize</span></a>
</td>
<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv" title="g_iconv ()">g_iconv</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint ()"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv-close" title="g_iconv_close ()">g_iconv_close</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
</td>
<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-locale-to-utf8" title="g_locale_to_utf8 ()">g_locale_to_utf8</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-to-utf8" title="g_filename_to_utf8 ()">g_filename_to_utf8</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-from-utf8" title="g_filename_from_utf8 ()">g_filename_from_utf8</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-get-filename-charsets" title="g_get_filename_charsets ()">g_get_filename_charsets</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-display-name" title="g_filename_display_name ()">g_filename_display_name</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-display-basename" title="g_filename_display_basename ()">g_filename_display_basename</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-locale-from-utf8" title="g_locale_from_utf8 ()">g_locale_from_utf8</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-get-charset" title="g_get_charset ()">g_get_charset</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-get-codeset" title="g_get_codeset ()">g_get_codeset</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<col width="150px" class="name">
<col class="description">
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<td class="datatype_keyword"> </td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GIConv" title="GIConv">GIConv</a></td>
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<td class="define_keyword">#define</td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#G-CONVERT-ERROR:CAPS" title="G_CONVERT_ERROR">G_CONVERT_ERROR</a></td>
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<td class="datatype_keyword">enum</td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError">GConvertError</a></td>
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<a name="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;glib.h&gt;
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<a name="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>The <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a> family of function wraps the functionality of <code class="function">iconv()</code>.
In addition to pure character set conversions, GLib has functions to
deal with the extra complications of encodings for file names.</p>
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<a name="id-1.5.3.6.3"></a><h4>File Name Encodings</h4>
<p>Historically, UNIX has not had a defined encoding for file names:
a file name is valid as long as it does not have path separators
in it ("/"). However, displaying file names may require conversion:
from the character set in which they were created, to the character
set in which the application operates. Consider the Spanish file name
"Presentación.sxi". If the application which created it uses
ISO-8859-1 for its encoding,</p>
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2</pre></td>
        <td class="listing_code"><pre class="programlisting">Character<span class="gtkdoc opt">:</span>  P  r  e  s  e  n  t  a  c  i  <span class="gtkdoc opt">&amp;</span>oacute<span class="gtkdoc opt">;</span>  n  <span class="gtkdoc opt">.</span>  s  x  i
Hex code<span class="gtkdoc opt">:</span>   <span class="number">50 72 65 73 65 6</span>e <span class="number">74 61 63 69</span> f3 <span class="number">6</span>e <span class="number">2</span>e <span class="number">73 78 69</span></pre></td>
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<p>
However, if the application use UTF-8, the actual file name on
disk would look like this:</p>
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2</pre></td>
        <td class="listing_code"><pre class="programlisting">Character<span class="gtkdoc opt">:</span>  P  r  e  s  e  n  t  a  c  i  <span class="gtkdoc opt">&amp;</span>oacute<span class="gtkdoc opt">;</span>     n  <span class="gtkdoc opt">.</span>  s  x  i
Hex code<span class="gtkdoc opt">:</span>   <span class="number">50 72 65 73 65 6</span>e <span class="number">74 61 63 69</span> c3 b3 <span class="number">6</span>e <span class="number">2</span>e <span class="number">73 78 69</span></pre></td>
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<p>
Glib uses UTF-8 for its strings, and GUI toolkits like GTK+ that use
Glib do the same thing. If you get a file name from the file system,
for example, from <code class="function">readdir()</code> or from <a class="link" href="glib-File-Utilities.html#g-dir-read-name" title="g_dir_read_name ()"><code class="function">g_dir_read_name()</code></a>, and you wish
to display the file name to the user, you  will need to convert it
into UTF-8. The opposite case is when the user types the name of a
file he wishes to save: the toolkit will give you that string in
UTF-8 encoding, and you will need to convert it to the character
set used for file names before you can create the file with <code class="function">open()</code>
or <code class="function">fopen()</code>.</p>
<p>By default, Glib assumes that file names on disk are in UTF-8
encoding. This is a valid assumption for file systems which
were created relatively recently: most applications use UTF-8
encoding for their strings, and that is also what they use for
the file names they create. However, older file systems may
still contain file names created in "older" encodings, such as
ISO-8859-1. In this case, for compatibility reasons, you may want
to instruct Glib to use that particular encoding for file names
rather than UTF-8. You can do this by specifying the encoding for
file names in the <a class="link" href="glib-running.html#G_FILENAME_ENCODING" title="G_FILENAME_ENCODING"><code class="literal">G_FILENAME_ENCODING</code></a>
environment variable. For example, if your installation uses
ISO-8859-1 for file names, you can put this in your <code class="literal">~/.profile</code></p>
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        <td class="listing_code"><pre class="programlisting">export G_FILENAME_ENCODING<span class="gtkdoc opt">=</span>ISO<span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span><span class="number">8859</span><span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span><span class="number">1</span></pre></td>
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<p>
Glib provides the functions <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-to-utf8" title="g_filename_to_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_filename_to_utf8()</code></a> and
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-from-utf8" title="g_filename_from_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_filename_from_utf8()</code></a> to perform the necessary conversions.
These functions convert file names from the encoding specified
in <code class="literal">G_FILENAME_ENCODING</code> to UTF-8 and vice-versa. This
diagram illustrates how
these functions are used to convert between UTF-8 and the
encoding for file names in the file system.</p>
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<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.6.4"></a><h4>Conversion between file name encodings # {<span class="type">file-name-encodings-diagram</span>)</h4>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="file-name-encodings.png"></span></p>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.6.5"></a><h4>Checklist for Application Writers</h4>
<p>This section is a practical summary of the detailed</p>
<p>things to do to make sure your applications process file
name encodings correctly.</p>
<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem"><p>If you get a file name from the file system from a function
such as <code class="function">readdir()</code> or <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/gtk2/GtkFileChooser.html#gtk-file-chooser-get-filename"><code class="function">gtk_file_chooser_get_filename()</code></a>, you do
not need to do any conversion to pass that file name to
functions like <code class="function">open()</code>, <code class="function">rename()</code>, or <code class="function">fopen()</code> -- those are "raw"
file names which the file system understands.</p></li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>If you need to display a file name, convert it to UTF-8 first
by using <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-to-utf8" title="g_filename_to_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_filename_to_utf8()</code></a>. If conversion fails, display a
string like "Unknown file name". Do not convert this string back
into the encoding used for file names if you wish to pass it to
the file system; use the original file name instead.</p>
<p>For example, the document window of a word processor could display
"Unknown file name" in its title bar but still let the user save
the file, as it would keep the raw file name internally. This
can happen if the user has not set the <code class="literal">G_FILENAME_ENCODING</code>
environment variable even though he has files whose names are
not encoded in UTF-8.</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem"><p>If your user interface lets the user type a file name for saving
or renaming, convert it to the encoding used for file names in
the file system by using <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-from-utf8" title="g_filename_from_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_filename_from_utf8()</code></a>. Pass the converted
file name to functions like <code class="function">fopen()</code>. If conversion fails, ask the
user to enter a different file name. This can happen if the user
types Japanese characters when <code class="literal">G_FILENAME_ENCODING</code> is set to
<code class="literal">ISO-8859-1</code>, for example.</p></li>
</ol></div>
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<a name="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-convert"></a><h3>g_convert ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_convert (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *str</code></em>,
           <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a> len</code></em>,
           <em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *to_codeset</code></em>,
           <em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *from_codeset</code></em>,
           <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_read</code></em>,
           <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_written</code></em>,
           <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError" title="struct GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a string from one character set to another.</p>
<p>Note that you should use <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv" title="g_iconv ()"><code class="function">g_iconv()</code></a> for streaming conversions. 
Despite the fact that <em class="parameter"><code>byes_read</code></em>
 can return information about partial 
characters, the g_convert_... functions are not generally suitable
for streaming. If the underlying converter maintains internal state,
then this won't be preserved across successive calls to <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert-with-iconv" title="g_convert_with_iconv ()"><code class="function">g_convert_with_iconv()</code></a> or <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert-with-fallback" title="g_convert_with_fallback ()"><code class="function">g_convert_with_fallback()</code></a>. (An example of
this is the GNU C converter for CP1255 which does not emit a base
character until it knows that the next character is not a mark that
could combine with the base character.)</p>
<p>Using extensions such as "//TRANSLIT" may not work (or may not work
well) on many platforms.  Consider using <a class="link" href="glib-String-Utility-Functions.html#g-str-to-ascii" title="g_str_to_ascii ()"><code class="function">g_str_to_ascii()</code></a> instead.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.2.7"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>str</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the string to convert</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>len</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the length of the string in bytes, or -1 if the string is
nul-terminated (Note that some encodings may allow nul
bytes to occur inside strings. In that case, using -1
for the <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
parameter is unsafe)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>to_codeset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>name of character set into which to convert <em class="parameter"><code>str</code></em>
</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>from_codeset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>character set of <em class="parameter"><code>str</code></em>
.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_read</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>   location to store the number of bytes in the
input string that were successfully converted, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
Even if the conversion was successful, this may be
less than <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
if there were partial characters
at the end of the input. If the error
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#G-CONVERT-ERROR-ILLEGAL-SEQUENCE:CAPS"><span class="type">G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE</span></a> occurs, the value
stored will the byte offset after the last valid
input sequence. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_written</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> the number of bytes stored in the output buffer (not
including the terminating nul). </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the error occurring, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to ignore
errors. Any of the errors in <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError"><span class="type">GConvertError</span></a> may occur.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.2.8"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> If the conversion was successful, a newly allocated
nul-terminated string, which must be freed with
<a class="link" href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free" title="g_free ()"><code class="function">g_free()</code></a>. Otherwise <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> and <em class="parameter"><code>error</code></em>
will be set.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-convert-with-fallback"></a><h3>g_convert_with_fallback ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_convert_with_fallback (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *str</code></em>,
                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a> len</code></em>,
                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *to_codeset</code></em>,
                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *from_codeset</code></em>,
                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *fallback</code></em>,
                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_read</code></em>,
                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_written</code></em>,
                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError" title="struct GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a string from one character set to another, possibly
including fallback sequences for characters not representable
in the output. Note that it is not guaranteed that the specification
for the fallback sequences in <em class="parameter"><code>fallback</code></em>
 will be honored. Some
systems may do an approximate conversion from <em class="parameter"><code>from_codeset</code></em>

to <em class="parameter"><code>to_codeset</code></em>
 in their <code class="function">iconv()</code> functions, 
in which case GLib will simply return that approximate conversion.</p>
<p>Note that you should use <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv" title="g_iconv ()"><code class="function">g_iconv()</code></a> for streaming conversions. 
Despite the fact that <em class="parameter"><code>byes_read</code></em>
 can return information about partial 
characters, the g_convert_... functions are not generally suitable
for streaming. If the underlying converter maintains internal state,
then this won't be preserved across successive calls to <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert-with-iconv" title="g_convert_with_iconv ()"><code class="function">g_convert_with_iconv()</code></a> or <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert-with-fallback" title="g_convert_with_fallback ()"><code class="function">g_convert_with_fallback()</code></a>. (An example of
this is the GNU C converter for CP1255 which does not emit a base
character until it knows that the next character is not a mark that
could combine with the base character.)</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.3.6"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>str</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the string to convert</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>len</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the length of the string in bytes, or -1 if the string is
nul-terminated (Note that some encodings may allow nul
bytes to occur inside strings. In that case, using -1
for the <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
parameter is unsafe)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>to_codeset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>name of character set into which to convert <em class="parameter"><code>str</code></em>
</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>from_codeset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>character set of <em class="parameter"><code>str</code></em>
.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>fallback</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>UTF-8 string to use in place of character not
present in the target encoding. (The string must be
representable in the target encoding).
If <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, characters not in the target encoding will
be represented as Unicode escapes \uxxxx or \Uxxxxyyyy.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_read</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the number of bytes in the
input string that were successfully converted, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
Even if the conversion was successful, this may be
less than <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
if there were partial characters
at the end of the input.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_written</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the number of bytes stored in the output buffer (not
including the terminating nul).</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the error occurring, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to ignore
errors. Any of the errors in <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError"><span class="type">GConvertError</span></a> may occur.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.3.7"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> If the conversion was successful, a newly allocated
nul-terminated string, which must be freed with
<a class="link" href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free" title="g_free ()"><code class="function">g_free()</code></a>. Otherwise <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> and <em class="parameter"><code>error</code></em>
will be set.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-convert-with-iconv"></a><h3>g_convert_with_iconv ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_convert_with_iconv (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *str</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a> len</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GIConv" title="GIConv"><span class="type">GIConv</span></a> converter</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_read</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_written</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError" title="struct GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a string from one character set to another. </p>
<p>Note that you should use <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv" title="g_iconv ()"><code class="function">g_iconv()</code></a> for streaming conversions. 
Despite the fact that <em class="parameter"><code>byes_read</code></em>
 can return information about partial 
characters, the g_convert_... functions are not generally suitable
for streaming. If the underlying converter maintains internal state,
then this won't be preserved across successive calls to <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert-with-iconv" title="g_convert_with_iconv ()"><code class="function">g_convert_with_iconv()</code></a> or <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert-with-fallback" title="g_convert_with_fallback ()"><code class="function">g_convert_with_fallback()</code></a>. (An example of
this is the GNU C converter for CP1255 which does not emit a base
character until it knows that the next character is not a mark that
could combine with the base character.)</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.4.6"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>str</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the string to convert</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>len</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the length of the string in bytes, or -1 if the string is
nul-terminated (Note that some encodings may allow nul
bytes to occur inside strings. In that case, using -1
for the <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
parameter is unsafe)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>converter</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>conversion descriptor from <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv-open" title="g_iconv_open ()"><code class="function">g_iconv_open()</code></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_read</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the number of bytes in the
input string that were successfully converted, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
Even if the conversion was successful, this may be
less than <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
if there were partial characters
at the end of the input. If the error
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#G-CONVERT-ERROR-ILLEGAL-SEQUENCE:CAPS"><span class="type">G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE</span></a> occurs, the value
stored will the byte offset after the last valid
input sequence.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_written</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the number of bytes stored in the output buffer (not
including the terminating nul).</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the error occurring, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to ignore
errors. Any of the errors in <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError"><span class="type">GConvertError</span></a> may occur.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.4.7"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> If the conversion was successful, a newly allocated
nul-terminated string, which must be freed with
<a class="link" href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free" title="g_free ()"><code class="function">g_free()</code></a>. Otherwise <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> and <em class="parameter"><code>error</code></em>
will be set.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-iconv-open"></a><h3>g_iconv_open ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GIConv" title="GIConv"><span class="returnvalue">GIConv</span></a>
g_iconv_open (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *to_codeset</code></em>,
              <em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *from_codeset</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Same as the standard UNIX routine <code class="function">iconv_open()</code>, but
may be implemented via libiconv on UNIX flavors that lack
a native implementation.</p>
<p>GLib provides <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-locale-to-utf8" title="g_locale_to_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_locale_to_utf8()</code></a> which are likely
more convenient than the raw iconv wrappers.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.5.6"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>to_codeset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>destination codeset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>from_codeset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>source codeset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.5.7"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a "conversion descriptor", or (GIConv)-1 if
opening the converter failed.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-iconv"></a><h3>g_iconv ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="returnvalue">gsize</span></a>
g_iconv (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GIConv" title="GIConv"><span class="type">GIConv</span></a> converter</code></em>,
         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> **inbuf</code></em>,
         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *inbytes_left</code></em>,
         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> **outbuf</code></em>,
         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *outbytes_left</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Same as the standard UNIX routine <code class="function">iconv()</code>, but
may be implemented via libiconv on UNIX flavors that lack
a native implementation.</p>
<p>GLib provides <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-locale-to-utf8" title="g_locale_to_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_locale_to_utf8()</code></a> which are likely
more convenient than the raw iconv wrappers.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.6.6"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>converter</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>conversion descriptor from <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv-open" title="g_iconv_open ()"><code class="function">g_iconv_open()</code></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>inbuf</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>bytes to convert</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>inbytes_left</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>inout parameter, bytes remaining to convert in <em class="parameter"><code>inbuf</code></em>
</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>outbuf</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>converted output bytes</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>outbytes_left</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>inout parameter, bytes available to fill in <em class="parameter"><code>outbuf</code></em>
</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.6.7"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> count of non-reversible conversions, or -1 on error</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-iconv-close"></a><h3>g_iconv_close ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint ()"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>
g_iconv_close (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GIConv" title="GIConv"><span class="type">GIConv</span></a> converter</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Same as the standard UNIX routine <code class="function">iconv_close()</code>, but
may be implemented via libiconv on UNIX flavors that lack
a native implementation. Should be called to clean up
the conversion descriptor from <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv-open" title="g_iconv_open ()"><code class="function">g_iconv_open()</code></a> when
you are done converting things.</p>
<p>GLib provides <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-locale-to-utf8" title="g_locale_to_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_locale_to_utf8()</code></a> which are likely
more convenient than the raw iconv wrappers.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.7.6"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>converter</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a conversion descriptor from <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-iconv-open" title="g_iconv_open ()"><code class="function">g_iconv_open()</code></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.7.7"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> -1 on error, 0 on success</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-locale-to-utf8"></a><h3>g_locale_to_utf8 ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_locale_to_utf8 (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *opsysstring</code></em>,
                  <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a> len</code></em>,
                  <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_read</code></em>,
                  <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_written</code></em>,
                  <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError" title="struct GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a string which is in the encoding used for strings by
the C runtime (usually the same as that used by the operating
system) in the <a class="link" href="glib-running.html#setlocale" title="Locale">current locale</a> into a UTF-8 string.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.8.5"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>opsysstring</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a string in the encoding of the current locale. On Windows
this means the system codepage.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>len</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the length of the string, or -1 if the string is
nul-terminated (Note that some encodings may allow nul
bytes to occur inside strings. In that case, using -1
for the <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
parameter is unsafe)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_read</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> location to store the number of bytes in the
input string that were successfully converted, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
Even if the conversion was successful, this may be
less than <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
if there were partial characters
at the end of the input. If the error
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#G-CONVERT-ERROR-ILLEGAL-SEQUENCE:CAPS"><span class="type">G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE</span></a> occurs, the value
stored will the byte offset after the last valid
input sequence. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_written</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> the number of bytes stored in the output
buffer (not including the terminating nul). </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the error occurring, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to ignore
errors. Any of the errors in <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError"><span class="type">GConvertError</span></a> may occur.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.8.6"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> A newly-allocated buffer containing the converted string,
or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> on an error, and error will be set.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-filename-to-utf8"></a><h3>g_filename_to_utf8 ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_filename_to_utf8 (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *opsysstring</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a> len</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_read</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_written</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError" title="struct GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a string which is in the encoding used by GLib for
filenames into a UTF-8 string. Note that on Windows GLib uses UTF-8
for filenames; on other platforms, this function indirectly depends on 
the <a class="link" href="glib-running.html#setlocale" title="Locale">current locale</a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.9.5"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>opsysstring</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a string in the encoding for filenames</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>len</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the length of the string, or -1 if the string is
nul-terminated (Note that some encodings may allow nul
bytes to occur inside strings. In that case, using -1
for the <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
parameter is unsafe)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_read</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> location to store the number of bytes in the
input string that were successfully converted, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
Even if the conversion was successful, this may be
less than <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
if there were partial characters
at the end of the input. If the error
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#G-CONVERT-ERROR-ILLEGAL-SEQUENCE:CAPS"><span class="type">G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE</span></a> occurs, the value
stored will the byte offset after the last valid
input sequence. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_written</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> the number of bytes stored in the output
buffer (not including the terminating nul). </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the error occurring, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to ignore
errors. Any of the errors in <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError"><span class="type">GConvertError</span></a> may occur.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.9.6"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> The converted string, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> on an error.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-filename-from-utf8"></a><h3>g_filename_from_utf8 ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_filename_from_utf8 (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *utf8string</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a> len</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_read</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_written</code></em>,
                      <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError" title="struct GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a string from UTF-8 to the encoding GLib uses for
filenames. Note that on Windows GLib uses UTF-8 for filenames;
on other platforms, this function indirectly depends on the 
<a class="link" href="glib-running.html#setlocale" title="Locale">current locale</a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.10.5"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>utf8string</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a UTF-8 encoded string.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>len</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the length of the string, or -1 if the string is
nul-terminated.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_read</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> location to store the number of bytes in
the input string that were successfully converted, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
Even if the conversion was successful, this may be
less than <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
if there were partial characters
at the end of the input. If the error
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#G-CONVERT-ERROR-ILLEGAL-SEQUENCE:CAPS"><span class="type">G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE</span></a> occurs, the value
stored will the byte offset after the last valid
input sequence. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_written</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> the number of bytes stored in the output buffer (not
including the terminating nul). </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the error occurring, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to ignore
errors. Any of the errors in <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError"><span class="type">GConvertError</span></a> may occur.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.10.6"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>              The converted string, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> on an error. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter points to an array of items."><span class="acronym">array</span></acronym> length=bytes_written][<acronym title="Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays."><span class="acronym">element-type</span></acronym> guint8][<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-get-filename-charsets"></a><h3>g_get_filename_charsets ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_get_filename_charsets (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> ***charsets</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Determines the preferred character sets used for filenames.
The first character set from the <em class="parameter"><code>charsets</code></em>
 is the filename encoding, the
subsequent character sets are used when trying to generate a displayable
representation of a filename, see <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-display-name" title="g_filename_display_name ()"><code class="function">g_filename_display_name()</code></a>.</p>
<p>On Unix, the character sets are determined by consulting the
environment variables <code class="literal">G_FILENAME_ENCODING</code> and <code class="literal">G_BROKEN_FILENAMES</code>.
On Windows, the character set used in the GLib API is always UTF-8
and said environment variables have no effect.</p>
<p><code class="literal">G_FILENAME_ENCODING</code> may be set to a comma-separated list of
character set names. The special token "@locale" is taken
to  mean the character set for the <a class="link" href="glib-running.html#setlocale" title="Locale">current locale</a>.
If <code class="literal">G_FILENAME_ENCODING</code> is not set, but <code class="literal">G_BROKEN_FILENAMES</code> is,
the character set of the current locale is taken as the filename
encoding. If neither environment variable  is set, UTF-8 is taken
as the filename encoding, but the character set of the current locale
is also put in the list of encodings.</p>
<p>The returned <em class="parameter"><code>charsets</code></em>
 belong to GLib and must not be freed.</p>
<p>Note that on Unix, regardless of the locale character set or
<code class="literal">G_FILENAME_ENCODING</code> value, the actual file names present 
on a system might be in any random encoding or just gibberish.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.11.9"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>charsets</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>return location for the <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>-terminated list of encoding names</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.11.10"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the filename encoding is UTF-8.</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-6.html#api-index-2.6">2.6</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-filename-display-name"></a><h3>g_filename_display_name ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_filename_display_name (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *filename</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a filename into a valid UTF-8 string. The conversion is 
not necessarily reversible, so you should keep the original around 
and use the return value of this function only for display purposes.
Unlike <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-to-utf8" title="g_filename_to_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_filename_to_utf8()</code></a>, the result is guaranteed to be non-<a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> 
even if the filename actually isn't in the GLib file name encoding.</p>
<p>If GLib cannot make sense of the encoding of <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em>
, as a last resort it 
replaces unknown characters with U+FFFD, the Unicode replacement character.
You can search the result for the UTF-8 encoding of this character (which is
"\357\277\275" in octal notation) to find out if <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em>
 was in an invalid
encoding.</p>
<p>If you know the whole pathname of the file you should use
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-display-basename" title="g_filename_display_basename ()"><code class="function">g_filename_display_basename()</code></a>, since that allows location-based
translation of filenames.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.12.7"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>filename</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a pathname hopefully in the GLib file name encoding</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.12.8"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a newly allocated string containing
a rendition of the filename in valid UTF-8</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-6.html#api-index-2.6">2.6</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-filename-display-basename"></a><h3>g_filename_display_basename ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_filename_display_basename (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *filename</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Returns the display basename for the particular filename, guaranteed
to be valid UTF-8. The display name might not be identical to the filename,
for instance there might be problems converting it to UTF-8, and some files
can be translated in the display.</p>
<p>If GLib cannot make sense of the encoding of <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em>
, as a last resort it 
replaces unknown characters with U+FFFD, the Unicode replacement character.
You can search the result for the UTF-8 encoding of this character (which is
"\357\277\275" in octal notation) to find out if <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em>
 was in an invalid
encoding.</p>
<p>You must pass the whole absolute pathname to this functions so that
translation of well known locations can be done.</p>
<p>This function is preferred over <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-filename-display-name" title="g_filename_display_name ()"><code class="function">g_filename_display_name()</code></a> if you know the
whole path, as it allows translation.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.13.8"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>filename</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>an absolute pathname in the GLib file name encoding</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.13.9"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a newly allocated string containing
a rendition of the basename of the filename in valid UTF-8</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-6.html#api-index-2.6">2.6</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-locale-from-utf8"></a><h3>g_locale_from_utf8 ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_locale_from_utf8 (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *utf8string</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a> len</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_read</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> *bytes_written</code></em>,
                    <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError" title="struct GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Converts a string from UTF-8 to the encoding used for strings by
the C runtime (usually the same as that used by the operating
system) in the <a class="link" href="glib-running.html#setlocale" title="Locale">current locale</a>. On Windows this means
the system codepage.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.14.5"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>utf8string</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a UTF-8 encoded string </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>len</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the length of the string, or -1 if the string is
nul-terminated (Note that some encodings may allow nul
bytes to occur inside strings. In that case, using -1
for the <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
parameter is unsafe)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_read</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> location to store the number of bytes in the
input string that were successfully converted, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
Even if the conversion was successful, this may be
less than <em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em>
if there were partial characters
at the end of the input. If the error
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#G-CONVERT-ERROR-ILLEGAL-SEQUENCE:CAPS"><span class="type">G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE</span></a> occurs, the value
stored will the byte offset after the last valid
input sequence. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_written</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> the number of bytes stored in the output
buffer (not including the terminating nul). </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>location to store the error occurring, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to ignore
errors. Any of the errors in <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError"><span class="type">GConvertError</span></a> may occur.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.14.6"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> A newly-allocated buffer containing the converted string,
or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> on an error, and error will be set.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-get-charset"></a><h3>g_get_charset ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_get_charset (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> **charset</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Obtains the character set for the <a class="link" href="glib-running.html#setlocale" title="Locale">current locale</a>; you
might use this character set as an argument to <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a>, to convert
from the current locale's encoding to some other encoding. (Frequently
<a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-locale-to-utf8" title="g_locale_to_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_locale_to_utf8()</code></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-locale-from-utf8" title="g_locale_from_utf8 ()"><code class="function">g_locale_from_utf8()</code></a> are nice shortcuts, though.)</p>
<p>On Windows the character set returned by this function is the
so-called system default ANSI code-page. That is the character set
used by the "narrow" versions of C library and Win32 functions that
handle file names. It might be different from the character set
used by the C library's current locale.</p>
<p>The return value is <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the locale's encoding is UTF-8, in that
case you can perhaps avoid calling <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#g-convert" title="g_convert ()"><code class="function">g_convert()</code></a>.</p>
<p>The string returned in <em class="parameter"><code>charset</code></em>
 is not allocated, and should not be
freed.</p>
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<a name="id-1.5.3.7.15.8"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>charset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> return location for character set
name, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>][<acronym title="NULL may be passed instead of a pointer to a location."><span class="acronym">optional</span></acronym>][<acronym title="Don't free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer none</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
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<a name="id-1.5.3.7.15.9"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the returned charset is UTF-8</p>
</div>
</div>
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<a name="g-get-codeset"></a><h3>g_get_codeset ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar" title="gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
g_get_codeset (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Gets the character set for the current locale.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="id-1.5.3.7.16.5"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a newly allocated string containing the name
of the character set. This string must be freed with <a class="link" href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free" title="g_free ()"><code class="function">g_free()</code></a>.</p>
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<a name="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<a name="GIConv"></a><h3>GIConv</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct _GIConv GIConv;</pre>
<p>The GIConv struct wraps an <code class="function">iconv()</code> conversion descriptor. It contains
private data and should only be accessed using the following functions.</p>
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<a name="G-CONVERT-ERROR:CAPS"></a><h3>G_CONVERT_ERROR</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define G_CONVERT_ERROR g_convert_error_quark()
</pre>
<p>Error domain for character set conversions. Errors in this domain will
be from the <a class="link" href="glib-Character-Set-Conversion.html#GConvertError" title="enum GConvertError"><span class="type">GConvertError</span></a> enumeration. See <a class="link" href="glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError" title="struct GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> for information on
error domains.</p>
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<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GConvertError"></a><h3>enum GConvertError</h3>
<p>Error codes returned by character set conversion routines.</p>
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<a name="id-1.5.3.8.4.4"></a><h4>Members</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="300px" class="enum_members_name">
<col class="enum_members_description">
<col width="200px" class="enum_members_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="G-CONVERT-ERROR-NO-CONVERSION:CAPS"></a>G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>Conversion between the requested character
    sets is not supported.</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="G-CONVERT-ERROR-ILLEGAL-SEQUENCE:CAPS"></a>G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>Invalid byte sequence in conversion input.</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="G-CONVERT-ERROR-FAILED:CAPS"></a>G_CONVERT_ERROR_FAILED</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>Conversion failed for some reason.</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="G-CONVERT-ERROR-PARTIAL-INPUT:CAPS"></a>G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>Partial character sequence at end of input.</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="G-CONVERT-ERROR-BAD-URI:CAPS"></a>G_CONVERT_ERROR_BAD_URI</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>URI is invalid.</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="G-CONVERT-ERROR-NOT-ABSOLUTE-PATH:CAPS"></a>G_CONVERT_ERROR_NOT_ABSOLUTE_PATH</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>Pathname is not an absolute path.</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="G-CONVERT-ERROR-NO-MEMORY:CAPS"></a>G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_MEMORY</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>No memory available. Since: 2.40</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
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